Catching Up

Junie hanging by mom's desk

Everyone has been sick around here.  Mom, one of the Girls, the Littlest Boy was taken to the ER the other night with something wrong with his eye.  It looked like it hurt a lot.

Tis the season mom says.

I'm healthy.

Mom says I've put on a couple of pounds.  I noticed that some of my clothes weren't fitting right.  The Velcro would completely pop open or mom couldn't get it fastened.  Mom said I weighed 6 lbs when I came to live with them and she thinks I am up to 8 or so now.  She said we'll know for sure what I weigh after my next vet visit.  She gave most of my clothes away on reuseit to another couple of dogs that wanted to stay warm in the snow.  She held on to my dresses hoping she could fix them so they'd fit me again but then decided she'd just get me new dresses.  She gave those to the chihuahua upstairs though she doesn't really look like she'd fit into them.  Her mom said she weighs 3 lbs right now and isn't going to get a lot bigger.  And I thought I was small.

With the cold weather I've been taking off to use the girls' room instead of going outside.  I know it frustrates mom but it's soooooo cold out there.  She takes me out and we stand and we stand and we stand and look at it each other.  After 10 minutes she decides I'm not going to go.  We come in, she watches me, and watches me, and watches me.  When she finally takes her eyes off of me I sneak into the girls' room.  She knows when the girls yell, MOM!  Junie pooped in our room.  Tattletales.

Mom's been taking me out every hour but man, I hate the snow.  I have a puppy pad on the porch but it's still cold.  I cannot wait until the snow melts and I can go back out on the grass again.

Other than that, it's been more of the same.  I've been spending a lot of time barking lately now that I found my voice.  Mom laughs when I actually think there's a threat and I bark from under that.  She doesn't laugh when I'm barking at midnight from the safety of my bed.  She's afraid that the neighbors will call the apartment manager or that I will wake up one of the kids but I can't help it.  When I hear something I have to let everyone know.  You never know what it could be.  Isn't that what every good dog does?

On the plus side, my ear infection seems to be gone finally.  Mom has been using Vet's Best Ear Relief Wash & Dry and giving me acidophilus.  Huge difference.  No smelly ears.  No major licking.  No tilting my head from side to side.  I feel much better.

We're going to get to work tweeting out some news stories about animals.  If you aren't following me on Twitter yet, please do.  I'm @Junie_Be.

Junie says to check out - Housetraining For Dummies

Mama Got Me Some New Clothes

Junie In Her New Poncho

I heard I have a bunch of new clothes under the Christmas tree, but mom won't let me wear them yet.  She said since I don't eat treats and a chicken breast would go bad under the tree after a few hours, that she got me clothes.  She did open up my poncho for me the other day.  I'm wearing it the picture.  Mom said I seem to like it more than my sweaters.  I agree. I always try to chew my sweaters off but the poncho gives me room to breathe.  Since I can't show off my new dresses yet, I thought I'd share some clothes that mom had custom made for me.  She found a lady on Ebay that makes dog clothes.  (Don't laugh, I'm a naked dog, remember, I need warmth!)  She won 3 dresses (under the tree) and the poncho I'm styling in in the picture.  She loves the way the poncho fits me.  See, I'm small (6 lbs) but I'm long.  Small clothes a lot of the time are just too short in length for me and medium clothes are too big.  I get my feet all tangled up in them.  The clothes this lady makes are perfect for me.

Mom asked her if she would custom make me some more clothes and she said absolutely!  Want to see what is in it's way?

Junie's New clothes

Oh yes, I will be styling.  My mom makes me into such a girly dog.  Pink and purple everything, unless it's laundry day, then I wear blue, orange, and/or black.  Seriously, she makes me laugh.  I don't care what I have on as long as I'm warm, but she likes to spoil me.  I think we'll keep letting her do it.  I get chicken breast and cheese in my food when she spoils me.  Let her do it.

If you want to check out that Ebay seller, her user ID is BSN 2007.  Keep an eye on her.  She doesn't have a lot listed right now, but when she does list, they are so cute...and warm!

Junie Says To Check Out: Doggles Dog Harness Dress, Pink, Small

Can We Fly South For The Winter?

Junie says the cold is for the birds - the birds disagree.

My mommy took me out to go potty this morning and there was this white cold stuff on the ground.  Mommy said it wasn't snow, it was frost.  I say, I don't know what snow is, but if it's worse than the frost stuff, I'm going the bear route and hibernating for the winter.

When we went out, I bounded out the door like I always do.  When I hit the grass with the frost, I stopped.  I looked at my mommy.  I don't like this.  I gingerly, yet quickly, found my favorite spot to go, went, and jumped onto the cement block border that goes in front of the bushes.  Mommy was wondering if that was all I had to do.  I sniffed around the cement, then went to the sidewalk, no frost there! My mommy said, Junie are you done?  She started laughing when I went from the sidewalk to the cement block border, to the porch, all with out touching the grass again.

She thinks it's funny.  I'd like to see her go out barefoot on the frost.  She had shoes on. I'm a Chinese Crested, I don't have much hair on my feet.  She promised me that she has new boots coming, they were shipped the other day.  The other boots she bought me were way too big and personally, I think bells are for cats.  I don't need little jingly bells following behind me when I'm trying to go.

When we came inside, I hopped up into my daytime napping spot, my basket with all the pillows and fleece blankets piled up. I sat there shivering, hoping she'd get the point.  She did.  She went and got me another fleece blanket and tucked me into my "bed".

I don't plan on going out again.  I'll hold it.

My mommy said she disagrees, I have to go out.  She said if the littlest boy didn't like to play in his own diaper if she doesn't get it off fast enough, she'd get me a puppy pad for the house when it's cold out, but she thinks he will play with that too.

Ew.  I don't even play with poo.  I don't know why he thinks it's so much fun.

Here's a few stories that I tweeted out yesterday that I felt were important:

Chicken Hatchery Hell (Graphic) - Agriculture at it's worst.  We're not vegetarians over here (obviously, I'm a dog), but I've heard my mommy tell people that she has trouble eating meat because of things like this.  She tries to buy only products that were made by companies that treat their animals without cruelty.  It's hard though unless someone is behind the scenes like this.  She's thought about going vegetarian, and she's still thinking about doing it for herself.  She doesn't think daddy would go along with it for the entire family though. This kind of story really bothers her and it bothers me too.  No animal should ever be treated like this, even if it's going to end up as food. :(

Wayne Pacelle Clears Up Misconceptions over Prop B in Missouri - I'm not quite sure how people would misunderstand the law.  It seems clear cut.  But, some people like to twist and deceive for their own good.  It's why I'm glad I'm a dog.  What is.... is.  Black - white.  No need for deception.

Woman to Stand Trial For Cruelty - Cages stacked on top of each other. Flea infested dogs.  Feces. 

Berglund-Fosdick said the paralyzed dog, which was euthanized, had thick, wrinkled and cracked skin that she compared to an elephant, and had suffered chronic fungal disease as well as a raw abdomen from urine.

Sadly, it sounds like what I grew up in.  Except I wasn't paralyzed.  Just had my jaw broken and never fixed.  I made it out.  He didn't. Some did.  They all need saved.

Ohio Teen Beats Baby Alpaca To Death - All I can say is why?  What did that little baby do to deserve that?  Same as the rest of us who were abused.  Nothing.

Burned Puppy Ready For Adoption - Go out and find your forever home little guy!  May your life be full of love and adoration. You deserve it.

More Abandoned Dogs Found Dead - I understand forgetting your pillow, maybe a box of silverware when you move, but your dog?

Animal Abuse Leads To Violent Behavior Against Humans - Really?  You just now realized that the kid who thinks it's funny to put a cat in the microwave on defrost might just grow up to be a serial killer?

Ban On Pet Sales Would Reduce Puppy Mills - Another no brainer to me.  Most pet stores get their puppies/kittens from mills.  No live animal sales in pet stores would obviously lead to a reduction in puppy mills.  Supply and demand.  No demand, no need for the supply.  I like the way the pet store here does it with cats and dogs. They are all rescued animals that need adopted.  Now if they'd stop selling the other animals....

Junie says to check out:  PAWZ Disposable Reusable Boots - 12 Pack Small in Red

(Those aren't the ones I have coming, but mommy says she's ordering me some of these too.  She's heard good things about them keeping dogs' paws dry.)

My First Halloween With My New Family

My new home is in Iowa and in Iowa they go trick or treating the night before Halloween (in most towns).  My mommy didn't have a lot of time to get me a costume and the pet store was out of my size in everything but witches hats.  I really didn't care because I don't even know what Halloween is.

My mom put me in a black shirt (one of my many pieces in my wardrobe) and put the little witches hat on me, after she cut off the purple hair.  I didn't like it much and immediately took it off.  She said to my daddy, oh well, it was only $2.  She didn't make me wear it though the kids were all cheering for me to put it on.
For trick or treating, she brought this little bag that she had bought me.  She almost didn't get it because she was worried it was too Paris Hilton like (who is Paris Hilton anyway?), but the lady talked her into it when she said it was good for times where we are walking with a lot of people (the farmer's market - I guess I'll find out what that is too). It's good for places where people might not see a little thing like me and it keeps me from getting stepped on.

She brought that bag with blankets stuffed in it to keep me warm.  Honestly, I didn't mind.  I kept my head poked out of the side and the blanets kept me warm and toasty.  My mom kept reaching her hand in to pet me and make sure I was ok.  I was fine, I loved it!

After awhile the littlest boy starting to cry.  My daddy took him and me to the car (mommy was worried I was cold too).  He pulled the car up next to my mom and said to take me with her.  I was letting it be known that I didn't like to be separated from her at all.  She put my pink velvet warm coat on me, attached the leash, and off we went.

She was impressed.  I walked beside her instead of running in circles around her legs.  I know how to walk on a leash, but I also know how to get her to pick me up when I want her to.

When we got back, my mommy went out for a bit and left me with the daddy and the kids.  I whined a little bit, hoping she'd be right back, but when she wasn't, I found a basket of clothes to go to sleep in.  When I heard her come in the door, I was so happy!  I rushed to greet her as if I hadn't seen her in a year.

I'm so glad they made me a part of their family!

Junie says to check out:  Dog Costume - Li'l Stinker Dog Skunk Halloween Costume - Small